Combined window-awning and fire-protector.



w. W. GUY ,sa 0.1.. RICHARDS.

GOMBINED'WINDOW AWNING AND lPIRE PROTECTOR.

` APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1911. 1 ,022,939, l Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

STATES PATENT. cnr-ICE.

"WEBB w. GUY AND oLIvER Il. RICHARDS,

or CUsHING, TEXAS.

COMBINED WINDOW-AWNING AND FIRE-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.9', 1912.

- Application file d September 12, 1911. Serial No. 648,834.

To all whom it/may concer/n; I f Be it known that we, WEBB W. GUY and OLIVER L. RICHARDS, citizens of the United States, residing at Cushing, in the county of Nacogdoches and State of Texas, havelnvented new. and useful Improvements in Combined Window-Awnings and Fire- Protectors, of which the followmg'is a specification. v

The general object of the invention is to construct a windowL awning of metal and adapt the same to be collapsed above the window frame so as not to hinder the entrance of light into the room when the services ofv an awning are not required, and to further adapt the device to be arranged over Athe entire window frame, whereby, to shield the window in case of tire. l

. Other objects will appear and be better understood from the followingl description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which, A

-Figure 1 `is -a perspective of the device used as an awning. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device used as a re shield. .Figa 3 is a side elevation of the device collapsed.

l .5 indicates a Well-known type of window frame and a the body of our improved device which is of metal and of a size approximately equal to that of the frame 5 so as to completely cover the sashes 6 in the frame v 5 when posltioned as shown in Fig. 2. 1

as an awning, -as

preferred construction may be emp1 lJyed for,

- 7 indicates a cross bar at the upper ven dof the body a, the said cross bar beingadapted to .connect with fastening devices 8 at the upper end of the frame 5. Any suitable. construction maybe employed fo'r effecting.

the, connection between the cross bar and fastening devices #such as by providing the former with eyes 9 and constructing the latter in the form of hooks'10 to engage with the eyes 9,

The body-al is adapted-te fori at its mia' dle portion and the fee' ,end 11 thereof is roe'esll in one end portion of. the brace] interlockv shown. in Fig. 3.

with eyes 16 at the opposite ends of the cross bar and then arranglng sockets 17 at the opposite sides of the frame 5 to receive the free ends of the brace bars and finally by scouring loops 18 to the free end portion of the body and connecting these loops with the fastening devices 12, which may be hooks as shown. In this connection it will have been observed that the `entire Weight of the body is not centered on the brace bars 13,' only part of this weight being thrown onto the brace bars and the remainder on the fastening devices 12, whereby, the brace bars may be of relatively light weight to facilitate the handling of the same and moreover, since part of the weight of the awning is supported by the brace bars, the operator may more lreadily disengage the loops 1 8 from the fastening devices 12.

The body a is adapted to be collapsed whenever desired by suitable lexibleelements such as cables 19. Any preferred construction may be employed for rendering the body collapsible, such as by'forrning the same of a plurality of sections 2O and providing adjacent sides of the said sections with intertting pintle'lugs 21 which receive 1 the pintles 22 and then passing the cables 19 through openings 28 in the opposite end portions of each section, preference being given toa structure Whereinithe middle portion of the cable bears-on the lowest section 20 and the opposite end portions of the cable pass through thesuccessive sections 21 and finally through blocks 24 connected to the frame 5. With this structure it Willbe observed that when the parts are positioned as shown in `F 1g. 2, andthe cable ends pulled -the body will collapse, the sections thereof folding one upon the other and into the positions Although we have shown and describedv one embodiment of our invention itis to be understood that we are not to be limited'to,

thespecific arrangement and construction of parts since various charges will be made, Within the scope of the appended claims without` departlng from the spirit or sacri-- icing` any of the advantages of the invention.

' What we claim as new is:

1. A combined window awning andlfire Q shield consisting of a metallic body adapted to be folded at its middle portion, a cross bar at the upper end portion of the body adaptedto engage attaching devices adjacent to the upper en d of the window frame, and adapted to be folded at its middle por# means at the opposite end of the body adapttion and having means "at its free end adapt. ed to engage fastening devices above the ed to engage attaching devices above the -l'irst-named attaching devices, and vbars piviirst-named attaching devices, and bars piv- 20 5 oted at one end to the middle portion of the Voted at one end to the middle portion of the body andA adapted to engage fastening de. body and adapted to engage fastening de- Y v vices at the middle portion of the win'dow .vices at the middle portion of `the Window frame When-the body is folded for the purframe for the purpose described.

pose described. In testimony whereof We aii'lxour signa- 25 10' 2. A combined window awning and fire tures in presen e of two Witnesses.V shield consisting of a metallic body formed WEBB ,W2 GUY of two portions each of which consists of l IVE -a plurality of pivotally connected sections, OL R L' RICHARDS the said body having a cross bar at its upper .y Witnesses: 15 end adapted to engage attaching devices ad- A. J". BECK,

jacent to the upper end of the Window frame R. L. RANSGONNE. 

